Restoring an older deck

Mike S, I doubt it. Basically you are using a thick paint with the products. Coverage is bad and they are prone to peeling just like any other paint will on a horizontal surface. Not everyone has had bad experiences, but we have seen more and more failures with these type of products every year.

I applied a solid latex paint to a 25+-year old redwood cabin deck in the Utah mountains a few years ago - probably Behr deck "stain", which is not a stain at all, of course. It has peeled badly although some of the stain is still on the deck. I had two failures of the Behr deck stain at my home in Salt Lake City which has snow for four to five months of the year, rain in the fall and spring, and hot dry sun most of the summer. I won't use Behr again for a deck (their interior paint is good for walls, however), and was wondering if I was completely incompetent in my application, or if Consumer Reports' testing method was somehow inadequate, as I now suppose. Your results support my experience. Any suggestions for what I can do to keep my deck? I expect that getting off all the old paint will be difficult. Do you have a solid paint you like which I could put on what is there after getting off the loose paint, or should I get serious and remove all the old paint first and start with a real stain? Thanks.

You cannot fix the Behr by adding a solid on top. It will just continue to peel. It will be hard work but removing the Behr or replacing the wood would be your best bet.